Celebrating their 55th year in existence, Billboard have afford their top 100 best selling singles in reverse. And always willing to exploit the opportunity fof an easy post on our incredible story eating website (20,000 and counting), we are gonna take 10 articles to tell you our opinion of them… in reverse order of course…
100. You Make Me Wanna – Usher – 1997 – Made usher a superstar just like that and should have, theis is black soul the way Michael Jackson meant it to be – A
99. We Are Young – fun. – 2012 – Last years smash still sounds almost exhuberant and broadway-y – B+
98. Best of My Love – The Emotions – 1977 – Like so much disco, it has aged not at all, good beat, generic harmonies – B+
97. One More Night – Maroon 5 – 2012 – Ho hum deep album track made ho hum hit single, so ho him I thought it was a new release last week – C
96. Another Day In Paradise – Phil Collins – 1989 – This is why people hated the 1980s. Beyond ghastly duet with David Crosby – D+
95. Raindrops Keep falling On My Head – BJ Thomas 1970 – Remember, from that scene in “Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid” when Paul Newman takes Katherine Ross for a spin on his bicycle – A
94. I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy- 1997 – Takes Stings paranoid nightmare and insults Biggie’s memory with it – F
93. Hurts So good – John Cougar – 1982 – From the good old days before Coug decided he had a brain – B
92. Killing me Softly With His Song – Roberta Flack – 1973 – The poster child for MOR – C
91. Are You Lonesome Tonight – Elvis Presley – 1960 – Humongous big ballad – A